"Our defense needs to get better," said Wamogo head coach, Gregg Hunt, speaking about his team's lack of defense behind their pitchers today.

After both Shurberg and August threw scoreless first innings for their teams, the Highlanders came out swinging in the second inning against Shurberg.

Junior, John Lippincott started it off with a single, which was then followed up by another base hit by senior, T.J. Kent.

With senior, designated hitter, Jimi Phillips at the plate and two on with no outs, Phillips surprised everyone at the field and laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Lippincott and Kent into scoring position.

Freshmen, Bryce Ramsay followed up Phillip's sacrifice bunt with a base hit of his own, that scored Lippincott. Eddie Eseppi then hit a ground ball to Warriors, shortstop Tristan Peplin who booted it and Kent was able to score.

"Shurberg is good, we tried to score early," said Germano. "After the bunt we really got going."

In the third inning the Highlanders opened up the flood gates on the Warriors.

It started with a walk to senior, Mike Jeffko, then a double by Lippincott. Jeffko then scored a passed ball and Kent laced his second, of three, singles to score Lippincott, giving the Highlanders a 4-0 lead.

Next up was Phillips who hit a deep drive to left field that just cleared the wall for a two-run homerun extended the Highlanders lead to 6-0.

"We really hit well today," said Germano. "The kids really worked hard."

After the Phillips homerun, Ramsay singled again. Eseppi then beat out a groundball that forced Ramsay out at second.

After Eseppi stole second base, leadoff hitter John Ambrozaitis roped a single, scoring Eseppi, giving the Highlanders a commanding 7-0 lead after three innings.

"We are a bunch of veterans out there," said Germano, of his team's ability to hit with runners on and take advantage of their opportunities.

The Highlanders were held to only one run in the fourth, a RBI base hit by Kent, he second RBI of the game, to extend their lead to 8-0.

While the Highlanders were scoring run after run against the Warriors, August was keeping Wamogo off the board.

"Zach threw great," said Risedorf, a junior. "He's not at his peak yet, it's early in the season, and he did a good job pitching to contact."

Hunt was not shocked by the way the combination of August pitching and Risedorf catching handled his team.

"August and Risedorf are a good battery," said Hunt. "We were able to get hits, just not at the right time.

If the 8-0 lead was not sufficient enough, Risedorf himself made sure the game was out of reach, hitting a towering three-run homerun off senior, relief pitcher Steve Rosko, pushing their lead to 11-0.

"I was waiting for my pitch and I got it," said Risedorf, of his homerun. "In my first at bats I wanted to get my timing down."

The game was all but over at that point, with just two innings to play.

The Highlanders went to their bench, at that point and were rewarded by freshman, Tony Pucino, junior, Sean Dayton and junior, Nick Pedrolini,all who came into the game in the fifth inning, each picked up a hit. Pucino had two doubles.

"We did phenomenal hitting one-through-nine, and our bench came through," said Risedorf.

The Highlanders pushed two more across in the sixth and August shut down the Warriors again in the sixth.

With August out of the game, the Warriors jumped on Kulinski's location problem, walking three batters in the inning, including one with the bases loaded. He then allowed a two-run double by Jed Gravel.

Even though it is just the second game of the season for the Highlanders, Risedorf knows if his team continues to play like this they should have a good season.

"We just have to continue doing what we are doing and we will be fine."